nyc

all dolled up to go to nyc and see dan perjovschi at the MOMA and to bike the big apple. see you in a few days. LOVE!

embroidered shirt as sampler

another thrift store shirt saved from being mundane. this one i did as a sampler - trying different stitches for each set of words. the theme of this shirt shows my cynicism for alumni newsletters. the words in colorful lettering are how our fellow classmates describe themselves. the red lettering is what we might really be underneath of all those outside accomplishments...including having bad breath! when i wear this shirt around, people stop me so they can read it and don't seem to get it...they want to insist that it is a shirt i made to list my own accomplishments...? i wonder what they think of the 'booger head' or 'bad breath' accomplishment? i love this shirt. and it's an on-going project.

maggie in needlpoint

for an opus assignment on stitch and image, i tried the techniques of sue dove. my version is a little crazier than hers. i limited myself to materials i had on hand - a few colors of acrylic yarn and a piece of needlepoint canvas from another project, that i painted black. first i did a blind contour self-portrait and transferred it onto needlepoint canvas with a silver sharpie. everyone should own a few silver sharpies - they are useful for lots of stuff. ok, so then i used oil pastels to play with the various tone and values in my face to use as a guide for stitching. but i really just followed my own ideas of what the colors should be, as i didn't like any of the oil pastel sketches i made. i think i like the back the best - very messy and colorful.